Henry C. Cook
Henry C. Cook, farmer, P. O. Germantown, was born in Jackson Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, October 3, 1833; is the son of Frederick and Catherine (Apple) Cook, natives of Ohio, but of German descent. our subject was one of seven children, six of whom are still living, and four of them are residents of Montgomery County. He was married to Lucinda Oldfather May 12, 1864, and to them were born the following-named children: Ella R., Wealthy M., Herman V. and Grace. The wife was born March 19, 1837, of parents Frederick and Elizabeth (Pence) Oldfather. The former was a native of Virginia, and died in 1876, and the latter of Maryland. Our subject received a fair education, having attended the schools of his neighborhood in youth, thence going for a period at Lebanon, where he attended the Southwestern Normal School, now known as the Normal University, where he prepared himself for teaching, and followed that profession from 1854 to 1875. He purchased a quarter section of land upon which he now resides, located four miles west of Germantown, in 1876, since which he has been farming.
From History of Montgomery County, Ohio, W. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1882